mirgcire Posted June 2, 2010 at 06:31 AM Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 at 06:31 AM For some reason you can stuff (linguistically speaking) all kinds for words between 帮 and 忙 帮个忙，好吗？ - How about helping me out? 我帮不上你的忙。 - I can't help you with that. 他帮我一个忙。 - He gave me some help. 你真是帮了我一个大忙! - You were certainly a big help. What other verbs are like this? 睡觉 seems similar because you can say 睡一天的觉 Is there are special name for this type of verb? Or am I think about it wrong. Is 帮 a verb and 忙 a noun? Does 忙 just mean "favor" in this situation? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 2, 2010 at 06:35 AM Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 at 06:35 AM Grammatically different, but also worth knowing is the lovely 帮倒忙. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semantic nuance Posted June 2, 2010 at 06:51 AM Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 at 06:51 AM Here's another spoken Chinese 你嘛幫幫忙?! when you're trying to express 'Oh! C'mon! Give me a break!' ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted June 2, 2010 at 11:15 AM Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 at 11:15 AM Check this thread out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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